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The 1920 Akron Pros were named the first APFA (NFL) champions. The National Football League champions, prior to the merger between the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) in 1970, were determined by two different systems. The National Football League was established on September 17, 1920, as the American Professional Football Association (APFA). The APFA changed ...
In 1948, the Browns became the first professional football team to complete an entire season undefeated and untied — 24 years before the 1972 Miami Dolphins of the NFL would accomplish the task, but this feat is not recognized by NFL record books. Unlike the AFL statistics which are treated as NFL statistics, records of the AAFC and its teams ...
Beginning with the 1933 season, the NFL featured a championship game, played between the winners of its two divisions.In this era, if there was a tie for first place in the division at the end of the regular season, a one-game playoff was used to determine the team that would represent their division in the NFL Championship Game.
History of the NFL championship; 0–9. ... List of NFL champions (1920–1969) This page was ... Statistics; Cookie statement;
FRANCHISES: The first season, 1920, the American Professional Football Association had 14 teams, including two Tigers (Cleveland and Chicago). The Akron Pros, Decatur Staleys (later the Chicago ...
Early championships between 1920 and 1932 were awarded to the team with the best won-lost record, initially rather haphazardly, as some teams played more or fewer games than others, or scheduled games against non-league, amateur or collegiate teams; this led to the 1920 title being determined during a league meeting after the season, [3] the 1921 title being decided on a controversial ...
NFL championship – Akron Pros (8–0–3) Rose Bowl (1919 season): The Harvard Crimson won 7–6 over the Oregon Webfoots to win the college football national championship; 17 September — the National Football League (NFL) is founded as the American Professional Football Association in Canton, Ohio.
NFL champions: "indicate the number of times that team won the NFL Champion...". "won the NFL championship" sounds like what you're looking for. Fixed. Toa Nidhiki05 01:11, 30 January 2013 (UTC) "as of the of the championship game." Fixed. Toa Nidhiki05 01:11, 30 January 2013 (UTC) We have articles for the championship games, I believe.